Tullamore is the administrative seat of County Offaly. The origins of this bustling town in the center of the Irish Midlands can be traced back to the 1500s, when it served as part of the English plantation system in…
Tullamore
Clonmacnoise
This ancient monastic centre was built at the very center of Ireland, its location chosen by St. Ciaran in 545 A.D. It is believed that he made his decision based on the site’s strategic location – the crossroads of…
Birr Castle Demesne and Science Centre
Described by the state broadcaster RTE as “One of the Seven Wonders of Ireland,” Birr Castle in County Offaly has been the private family home of the Parsons family since the early 17th century.
The “demesne” — an…
Slieve Bloom Mountains
Beautiful, suprising, haunting and lonely, Ireland’s Slieve Bloom Mountains are rarely visited by the Irish, let alone visitors. The mountain range forms a broad elongated dome, extending for almost 25km in a north-easterly/south-westerly direction on the Laois/Offaly border, near…